unable to input home office expenses

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April 10, 2026
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Are you self-employed or are you a W-2 employee? If you are self-employed you enter your home office expenses on your Schedule C with other business expenses.

W-2 employees cannot deduct job-related expenses on a federal return. Job-related expenses were eliminated as a federal deduction for W-2 employees by the tax laws that changed for 2018 and beyond. Your state tax laws might be different in AL, AR, CA, HI, MN, NY or PA.

If you are preparing a return for a state that lets you deduct job-related expenses, the information will flow from your federal return to the state return, so enter it in Federal>Deductions and Credits>Employment Expenses>Job-Related Expenses

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Are you self-employed or are you a W-2 employee? If you are self-employed you enter your home office expenses on your Schedule C with other business expenses.

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